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Parthenon

The Parthenon (/ˈpɑːrθəˌnɒn, -nən/; Ancient Greek: Παρθενών, romanised: Parthenōn [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Greek: Παρθενώνας, romanised: Parthenónas ) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the Parthenon is…

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Location
Athens, Greece
Architects
Iktinos, Callicrates
Architectural style
Classical
Completed
432 BC; 2458 years ago
Construction started
447 BC
Destroyed
Partially in 1687

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Architecture

Sculpture

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Parthenon

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Triples380
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Etymology · 32
Parthenon → AD, Athena, Athena Parthenos, Athena's, Athenian, BC, Bury, Callicrates, Christopher Pelling, Demosthenes, Douglas Frame, English Lexicon, Erechtheion, Greek, Harpocration, He, Hekatompedon, Hekatompedos, Hekatompedos Parthenon, Hekatómpedos
related to Christian church · 25
Parthenon → Athens, Basil II, Christian, Christians, Church, Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire, Ephesos, First Bulgarian Empire, God, Greek, Icons, In, Mother, Parthenon's, Parthenos Maria, Sometime, Temple, The, The Parthenon
related to Metopes · 24
Parthenon → According, Amazonomachy, Amazons, Athenians, Athens, Centaurs, Christian, East, Giants, Gigantomachy, Jaques Carrey, Lapith, Lapiths, Metopes, North, Olympian, On, Parthenon's, The, Theseus
related to Older Parthenon · 24
Parthenon → Acropolis, Athena Parthenos, Athena Polias, Battle, BC, Dörpfeld, Dörpfeld's, Erechtheion, Further, German Archaeological Institute, Hekatompedon, Herodotus, Karrha, Kimonian, Marathon, Panagiotis Kavvadias, Periclean Parthenon, Persians, Poros, Pre-Parthenon
related to Optical refinements · 22
Parthenon → An Investigation, Ancient Architecture, Athenian Architecture, First, Fourth, Francis Penrose, In, Irradiance Theory, John Pennethorne's The Geometry, Karl Bötticher, Optical Correction, Optics, Others, Penrose's, Principles, Scamilli, Scholars, Second, The, Third
related to Sculpture · 22
Parthenon → Acropolis Museum, Additional, Athena, Athena Parthenos, Athens, BC, British Museum, By, Denmark, Doric, Elgin Marbles, Ionic, Kunsthistoriches Museum, London, Louvre, Most, National Museum, Only, Peloponnesian War, Phidias
related to Dispute over the marbles · 20
Parthenon → Acropolis Museum, Athens, British, British Museum, Copenhagen, Discussions, Elgin, Four, Greece, Greek, In, Louvre, Paris, Parthenon Marbles, Sicily, The, The British Museum, UK, UNESCO, Vatican
related to Independent Greece · 20
Parthenon → Acropolis, Americans, Athens, Europeans, Frederic Edwin Church, Greece, Greek, In, Lerebours's Excursions Daguerriennes, Lotbinière's, Ottoman, Panathenaic Way, Parthenon's, Pierre-Gustave Joly, Propylaea, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Soon, The, Today, When
related to Present building · 19
Parthenon → Acropolis, Athena Nike, Athenian Acropolis, BC, Callicrates, Delian League, Erechtheion, Ictinos, If, In, Pentelic, Pericles, Phidias, Propylaia, Temple, The, The Parthenon, These, Work
measured by · 18
Parthenon → Anne Bulckens, Attempts, Attic, Bulckens, Common, Dividing, Doric, Ernst Berger, Greek, However, In, Ionic, More, Parthenon's, Scholars, There, This, Vitruvius's

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ParthenonArchitectsIktinos, Callicrates1.00infobox
ParthenonArchitectural styleClassical1.00infobox
ParthenonCompleted432 BC; 2458 years ago1.00infobox
ParthenonConstruction started447 BC1.00infobox
ParthenonCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
ParthenonDestroyedPartially in 16871.00infobox
ParthenonFloor area73 by 34 m (240 by 112 ft)1.00infobox
ParthenonHeight13.72 m (45.0 ft)1.00infobox
ParthenonLocationAthens, Greece1.00infobox
ParthenonMaterialPentelic Marble1.00infobox
ParthenonOther designersPhidias (sculptor)1.00infobox
ParthenonOther dimensionsCella: 29.8 by 19.2 m (98 by 63 ft)1.00infobox
ParthenonSize69.5 by 30.9 m (228 by 101 ft)1.00infobox
ParthenonTypeTemple1.00infobox
Parthenonis aoctastyle peripteral Doric temple with an Ionic hexastyle amphiprostyle two-chambered cella0.90text

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